Calcium iodate – a chemical compound
Iodates are a class of chemical compounds containing a IO3– group. An iodate is a conjugate base of iodic acid. Calcium iodates are inorganic compounds…
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Methyl Acetate (Properties, Uses)
Methyl acetate, also known as MeOAc, acetic acid methyl ester, or methyl ethanoate, is an acetate ester formed when acetic acid and methanol are formalized.…
The magnetic mystery remains unsolved of Uranus and Neptune
The planets Uranus and Neptune have a skewed magnetic field, most likely due to their unique internal structures. Some scientists believe that the planets’ nondipolar…
Ammonium iodate – an inorganic salt
Ammonium iodate is an ionic compound consisting of one ammonium ion and one iodine ion. The formula for ammonium iodide is NH4I. It is an…
Bluebellite – Properties and Occurrences
Bluebellite is a mineral discovered in 2013 in the Blue Bell Mine in the Mojave Desert, California at the same time as the discovery of…
IP routing
IP Routing is a process that sends packets from a host on one network to another host on a different remote network. IP routing is…
Potassium iodate – an ionic chemical compound
Potassium iodate (KIO3) is an oxidizing agent and as such, it can cause fires if in contact with combustible materials or reducing agents. It is…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Piyale Pasha Mosque, Istanbul)
The Piyale Pasha Mosque (Ottoman Turkish: پیاله پاشا جامع Piyale Paşa Camii), also known as the Tersane Mosque (literally: Shipyard Mosque), was built during the…
The yellowballs discovered by citizen scientists offer new insights into star clusters
The unexpected discovery of yellowballs by citizen scientists in 2011 and 2012 is challenging astronomers’ assumptions about the formation of stars and star clusters. It…
Scientists Are Turning Spider Webs into Music and It is Actually Quite Soothing
Whatever your personal opinion about spiders, they cannot deny that they are great silk spinners. Their craft has honored by species throughout the forest to…
Hundreds of Thousands of Toxic Barrels Lurk in the Waters of Los Angeles
Little known environmental catastrophe has spread along the coast of Southern California. By the middle of the twentieth century, the coast somewhere between Long Beach…
A Computer Scientist Once Calculated “The Most Boring Day in History”
It seems that every day of this century has seen events like Mary Tuft turning into a rabbit or an egg into a chicken. However,…
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